I received the following call for proposals yesterday and, having confirmed it is blogable, am posting the details here since I think it might be a good opportunity for some cybersoc readers. I’m not in any way involved with the… Continue Reading
Yesterday, a journalism student wrote to ask: Do you feel blogging is a valid form of journalism? I responded with: Journalism and blogging need not be seperate activities undertaken by separate people and I certainly don’t believe that journalism is… Continue Reading
My interview with Howard Rheingold appeared on BBC Radio 5 Live’s Pods and Blogs last night. You can listen to it online. The programme is here and the interview, which lasts about 10 minutes, starts at 26:30. (While listening, do… Continue Reading
Regular readers will know that, for the past two years, I’ve been working on a part-time post-graduate law degree in law at the University of Hertfordshire. Word arrived today that I’ve now successfully completed the Common Practical Exam which is… Continue Reading
On Friday 22 September I’ll be interviewing Howard Rheingold for BBC 5 Live’s Pods and Blogs. Howard has done so much over the past 10 – 15 years of his career that I need your help coming up with some… Continue Reading
The Knowledge Tree has published a new article by Nancy White titled “Blogs and Community – launching a new paradigm for online community?” The abstract says: Online community has been an important part of the Internet, mainly forming around email… Continue Reading
Not long ago, The Bivings Report published the results of a newspaper study they’d done. Myself and a number of bloggers picked up on the fact that applying the same analysis to newspapers in different countries would make it possible… Continue Reading
Hitwise has published it’s list of the top "Lifestyle – Blogs and Personal Websites" as based on the percentage of UK marketshare. There are two charts, one showing the top ten in the category overall and the top ten personal… Continue Reading
Nico Macdonald has written an interesting analysis of the Guardian’s Comment is Free for the Online Journalism Review. Nico suggests that "The Guardian’s attempt to build an engaging group blog further illustrates the cultural differences between running a newspaper and… Continue Reading
Last week, the Bivings Report released an analysis of the Top 100 newspapers in America and their use of the web. Others have since done the same analysis on the top newspaper sites in other countries, including Brazil, Denmark and… Continue Reading